Dispensing device



May 24, 1932. P. R. GALT 1,859,964

DISPENSING DEVICE Filed Feb. 5, 1951 kip if Ga;

4770 A EVJ.

Patented M f2 4, 1932 a g;-

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFtGEi l i runes R. GALT, or i i if Application filed February}, 1931.? Serial V r This invention relates to a dispensing dethe chains,'the'pins"being spaced, as indicated vice and more particularly a dispensing dein Fig. 3, one-third of a chain'le'ngth apart I vice of coin operated type forthe' saleof fromeach' other so thatothe chains at each a packaged goods. a operationlnove through fbne-third' iof a '5' It has become common practice to dispense length. The packages are successively-dis- 55 jcandy, chewing gum or the like automatical tributed from the'three chutes; In-thisway ly from dispensing machines actuated by the a large number'of the articles may be included insertion of a coinwhich trips mechanism withinarelatively small vertical height. permitting the delivery of packages uponthe The'ch'ains are trained over front sprockets 3 i manual operation of a crank or the like. It 16 carried by a shaft 17 and rear'sprockets 18; 60 is the object of the present invention to pro- T ie 'shaftl'? outs-ide'the casing is provided vide a simple device of this character. with 'a crank 20 which may be' man'ually It is a further object of the present invenmanipulated by a purch'aser. 'I "The shaft 22 L tion to provide a device 'ofthis character within the casing'carriesa member 22Yproi which will be capable of containing a large vided with a lug 23and-also with a ratchet 65 number of articles to 'be dispensed within 24 engagedby a detent 26 so that reverse 0pa small space. a I eration thereof isprevented. The lug 28 is Other objects of the invention relating to arranged to engagea shoulder on a lever'28- details thereof will be apparent from the folpivoted-to thecasing and weighted at itsfor- 20 lowing description read in conjunction with wardend as indicated at 30 so'as to normal1y7Oc the accompanyingdrawingsin which: assume'the full-line position 'illustr atedin- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the device I Fig.4? 'Therear of the lever 28 'isgroovel Fig. 2 is a horizontal section showing parts as indicated at 32 in Fig. 2 so'asito receive of the operating mechanism in plan; a coininsertedinto the chute 84:. 1' Rear'wards; 25 Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the 1y of the lever 28 is amember36 provided 7 plane indicated by the line 33 inFig l; with .a pocket adapted toreceive a coin, this and v a V member36 being normally heldin forward' Y Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken onthe position by a link 38 pivoted to the'upright plane indicated by the line 4-4 inFig.1. arm of a belljcrank 40 capable ofabeing 30 The device comprises a suitable casing 2 rocked in a counter-clockwise direction. as 8 1 7 providing a plurality of chutes dpreferably viewed in Figml by a cam 42 carriedvby the. I j

faced by glass so that the contents are visible member 22. f i o to a purchaser, which chutes are arranged to l Vhen the device'is at rest the parts assume contain the packaged merchandise indicated the position indicated i'nFig. 4, the lug 23 v at 8. The present deviceis formed sothat the being held engaged'with'the shoulder of lever I same type of merchandise is dispensed from 28 or being adapted by further forward rotaall of the chutes. I c tion to engage the same. When a coin is in- V 7 Located beneath each of the chutes is a con-. serted in the chute 34 it drops into the groove tinuous conveying chain 10, each of the-'con- 32 of lever 28 causing the same to rock into t veying chains carrying a pin 12 upstanding the dotted lineposition illustrated i'nFig. 4-4 1 therefrom and adapted to engage the rear of The coin rolls rearwardl-y until itongages the an article to move it from the bottom of the memberg e, Tl1e arrangement of parts is. chute to the exit 14.' It will be noted that the such that'the coin cannot drop into the base articles fall upon spacing members 15' extendof the casing but is prevented from further ing slightly above the chain so that as the rearward movement by the member 36 and 1} chain moves it does not contact with the still rests'uponthe member'28 which isnow lowermost article. Each pin 12 however eX- held in its lower position againstv a suitable" tends above the members 15 and advances the stop the weight of the coin maintaining it packages therealong. In the present case thus; 2 When thelever is in this position'the three pins are provided, one on each side of shoulderthereof is disengaged from the lug l 7 ed by engagement of lug 23 with the shoulder f pensed 23 and accordingly a purchaser may rotate the shaft 17s'o as to move the chains simultaneously forwardly with the result that one of thepins 12 Will force a package to the exit '14 When part of a revolution has been accomplished, the cam 42 will rock the bell crankALO moving the member 86 rearwardly and permitting the coin todrop." v Ther eupon the weighted end of the lever causes it to again assume the full line position illustrated in Fig. 4 so that as further rotation of shaft 17 occurs the rotation will be positively limit of the lever. I a

A single rotation of shaft 17 corresponds to V a movement of the chains 10 through a distance equal tonne-third of a chain length.

Accordinglybut one of the articles can be dis,- upon any. single actuation of the. de-

vice. i i' '7 The counter i l'may be provided to register the number of articles discharged, this coun- V ter being suitably connected to the shaft 17.

-What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: I Y

Coin controlled means for a vending chine including a lever, a coin chute arranged to guide a coin upon one end ofthe lever to to release the coin from the lever.

' hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Penn- 7 V Y tilt the same, a shaft, a member carriedby the shaft, interengaging meanson the memher and lever whereby the lever holds the shaft against rotation except when tilted by a coin, a pivoted element adjacent that end of the lever which receives the coin, a weighted bell crank, a link connecting the element and bell crank whereby the element is normally heldin position to prevent a coin from falling ofl the lever, and means carried-by the shaft :operative when the shaft revolves to rock the bell crank and so move the pivoted element In testimony of which inventiomlhave sylvania, on this 2nd day of February, 1931.

- r 7 PERCE R. GALT. 

